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Understanding HTTP

5:16 with Travis Alstrand

Discover how HTTP works, including request and response structure, methods, headers, and status codes. See how servers communicate with browsers behind the scenes.

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    Now we're going to look into the language that makes APIs possible, HTTP. 0:00
    This is how your browser and servers actually communicate. 0:01
    HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol. 0:05
    Hypertext, at its most basic, is just text which contains links to other text. 0:09
    So HTTP is just the rules and structure or protocol for how browsers and servers 0:15
    talk to each other, sending and receiving data or transferring. 0:21
    Every time you visit a website, click a link, or load an image, HTTP is at work. 0:25

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